Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Recruiter
- Blue Octopus
- Location
- Derby, Derbyshire
- Salary
- Competitive Salary + Benefits
- Posted
- 18 Oct 2024
- Closes
- 15 Nov 2024
- Ref
- LOVL183882
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Construction, Surveying, Health, Nursing & Social Care, Housing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Permanent – 40 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join us within Lovell’s East Midlands team, working on Mixed Tenure and/or Contracting schemes within the region. The role will be site based, with occasional travel to our regional office in Derby
Reporting to our Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the financial cost control and reporting of one or more developments from the Award up to and including completion of client and sub-contract final accounts, recovery / discharge of all retentions and completion of archive material.
Working within a busy Quantity Surveying department, you will ensure effective cash management and careful administration of subcontractor accounts, at all times being aware of the need to cultivate longstanding relationships and promote dispute avoidance. You will be responsible for swiftly identifying any commercial threats to projects, ensuring this is fully communicated to the Managing Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Director. As a senior member of the team, you will supervise and train Assistant and Trainee Surveyors, setting targets and allocating duties whilst maintaining quality.
Educated to a minimum of degree level in quantity surveying, you will have substantial relevant experience gained from within the construction industry. Client-driven, with strong decision making and communication skills, you will be able to prioritise work against tight deadlines and sometimes conflicting priorities.
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, you will have significant knowledge of measurement and valuation in addition to final accounts and sub-contract orders and buying. With strong commercial skills to maximise value recovery, cost control and cash management, you will be adept in preparing and understanding financial reports and will be comfortable utilising COINS.
Benefits
- Holidays - 26 days
- Life Assurance
- Pension
- Private medical insurance
- Ability to purchase additional holiday
- Access to discount portal
- Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV
- Digital GP
- Employee assistance programme
- Sharesave scheme
As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.
We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.
The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.